Youth Olympics: Reid Watts wins 1st medal for Canada

Whistler, B.C., native earns bronze on 2nd day of competition

CBC Sports Posted: Feb 14, 2016 11:07 AM ET Last Updated: Feb 14, 2016 11:07 AM ET

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Reid Watts won Canada's first medal at the Youth Olympic Games, earning bronze in the men's luge event Sunday in Lillehammer, Norway.

Watts, from Whistler, B.C., raced to a time of 1, 35.994 seconds.

Kristers Aparajods of Latvia won the event in 1:35.309, while German Paul-Lukas Heider captured silver in 1:35.955.

What a moment! COC President Tricia Smith, family & teammates cheer on Reid Watts as he wins bronze #iLoveYOG http://pic.twitter.com/DcgCUkzC8X

— @EricJumper

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